Characteristics of Foreign-Born Persons in the Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study: Implications for Screening Recommendations

Bertisch, Barbara; Giudici, Fabio; Negro, Francesco; Moradpour, Darius; Müllhaupt, Beat; Moriggia, Alberto; Estill, Janne Anton Markus; Keiser, Olivia

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155464

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Characteristics of Foreign-Born Persons in the Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study: Implications for Screening Recommendations

ContributorsBertisch, Barbara; Giudici, Fabio; Negro, Francesco; Moradpour, Darius; Müllhaupt, Beat; Moriggia, Alberto; Estill, Janne Anton Markus; Keiser, Olivia

Published inPloS one, vol. 11, no. 5, e0155464

Publication date2016

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Switzerland recommends individuals who originate from high-prevalence countries to be screened for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, not all these persons are equally at risk. We thus aimed to describe the number and characteristics of persons with HCV infection born outside of Switzerland.

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BERTISCH, Barbara et al. Characteristics of Foreign-Born Persons in the Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study: Implications for Screening Recommendations. In: PloS one, 2016, vol. 11, n° 5, p. e0155464. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155464

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DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0155464
PMID : 27227332

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